Hi,
I'm currently about to rework the dining room/living room in our new house. Between the rooms there is a large (2.4Lx2.2H m) rectangular gap that used to be a double sliding door affair. I've been given the go ahead to do whatever i think is best by the wife, which is a very big privilege, and if I want the same again I'm going to have to do a good job. Been looking at bare brick for a couple of weeks and the flooring is coming in another couple of weeks so got up to a month before I cop some grief.
Problem is I have too many ideas, not enough experience to know what is going to look good. Spent ages sketching/routing potential layouts/profiles, made some nice things that "will come in useful for something" but nothing I'm happy with so thought I'd see if anyone had any ideas, photos or links they might like to share. My original idea was anything but, a simple plinth and few cove grooves on the fascia, which quickly expanded to some elaborate panelling (plenty of room on the wall around the gap) and eventually changing to an arch with some sort of spandrel. While I don't mind a challenge I'm defiantly overreaching there and thought I needed some sort of reality grounding, my current thought is back to some sort of panelled design (wall thickness is 14cm), if anyone has any links to some pictures of a similar setup that would be fantastic. On the flip side, maybe simple is better and I'm just getting carried away and I should leave the experiments to converting my garage into a workshop.
Cheers, Vic
I'm currently about to rework the dining room/living room in our new house. Between the rooms there is a large (2.4Lx2.2H m) rectangular gap that used to be a double sliding door affair. I've been given the go ahead to do whatever i think is best by the wife, which is a very big privilege, and if I want the same again I'm going to have to do a good job. Been looking at bare brick for a couple of weeks and the flooring is coming in another couple of weeks so got up to a month before I cop some grief.
Problem is I have too many ideas, not enough experience to know what is going to look good. Spent ages sketching/routing potential layouts/profiles, made some nice things that "will come in useful for something" but nothing I'm happy with so thought I'd see if anyone had any ideas, photos or links they might like to share. My original idea was anything but, a simple plinth and few cove grooves on the fascia, which quickly expanded to some elaborate panelling (plenty of room on the wall around the gap) and eventually changing to an arch with some sort of spandrel. While I don't mind a challenge I'm defiantly overreaching there and thought I needed some sort of reality grounding, my current thought is back to some sort of panelled design (wall thickness is 14cm), if anyone has any links to some pictures of a similar setup that would be fantastic. On the flip side, maybe simple is better and I'm just getting carried away and I should leave the experiments to converting my garage into a workshop.
Cheers, Vic